Mr Dutton rejected that the Coalition would be supporting higher power prices by not supporting the legislation.
"The government is not providing any guarantee that you'll see a reduction in power prices or gas prices in what they're doing," he said.
Under federal law, retailers have to pass on "significant and sustained cost reductions" to their customers — that is, they can't keep the savings from cheaper wholesale energy to make more profit.The prime minister argued the plan had been endorsed by leaders and energy ministers of all states and territories, which included Labor, Liberal and Greens ministers.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-12/albanese-confident-majority-parliament-support-energy-relief/101760046
I get why Bandt wants to vote this down - attention deprivation due to all the attention going to Pocock in the Senate. But what the Dutton is saying is utterly ridiculous.
Thursday will see if the Lib/Green coalition works
theres no word yet from the Nats.... if they take the initiative and vote against the Libs they could then place the Libs in a position of being ineffectual.
